Now that we are heading towards Christmas Eve, a time when houses tend to be more crowded, it’s a good idea to have the Internet working at full speed. Otherwise, people may have some problems navigating or sharing, at least, the photos they take on Facebook and Instagram. Now if you have the Wi-Fi router close to a certain room, it’s a good time to change it. It’s just that you’re going to have the fastest Internet in almost every part of the house.
If you have a Wi-Fi router near this room, change it now!
Router positioning is very important for us to have a good Wi-Fi connection at home. If we have the router close to the kitchen and only then move it to other parts of the house, we can end up with a slow Wi-Fi network. And the big question is that we don’t even realize this. Is that in reality and according to a British broadband provider, 90% of people do not know that there is an appliance that interferes a lot with our Wi-Fi network and makes everything slower. Especially if the Router is nearby.
In fact, the appliance that can interfere the most with our Wi-Fi signal is the refrigerator. This is due to the radio signals it emits. Thus it interferes with broadband and subsequently Wi-Fi Internet speeds in other parts of the house.
Those who have a house with a living room next to the kitchen and the router is very close to the fridge will have more problems. The best thing will always be to place the router in a high area and where you can have less things around. It’s just that there are other devices at home that can interfere with the signal, including cordless phones and even those systems we use to monitor the baby’s room.
It goes without saying that in addition there are other factors that can interfere with this. Including the many Wi-Fi networks of the neighbors that we have around us.
change the channel
The channel your router uses affects Wi-Fi capabilities. That said, there are a limited number of Wi-Fi channels within each band. If many routers in a small area try to use the same Wi-Fi channel and are on the same band, you will experience interference, which can result in a much slower Wi-Fi connection.
Fortunately, there is a solution. If you have access to your WiFi router’s administration settings, you can manually adjust the WiFi router’s channel selection in an attempt to find a quieter, interference-free channel.
How to change the channel of the 2.4GHz band
If you are looking to increase Wi-Fi speed, changing channels can guarantee more speed. But there are two things you must do first. The first is to discover the busiest and quietest Wi-Fi channels around you. This is done through an app that analyzes Wi-Fi signals. It is true that there are some routers that natively do this but it is more common to need an app.
The Android app mentioned below is very good for this purpose.
The second thing is to find out the IP address of your WiFi router. Without it, you will not be able to access your router to adjust Wi-Fi channel settings. Once you have it, enter the IP address in your browser’s address bar and press Enter. Then the router login page should appear and just enter the credentials. In some cases, if you haven’t changed them, they are under the router.
Now the instructions vary from router to router, but normally, it will be like this.
Locate your Wi-Fi settings, usually found under Wireless, Wi-Fi or Advanced Settings.
Locate the 2.4GHz Wi-Fi options and then the Wi-Fi channel options.
Choose a new 2.4GHz Wi-Fi channel.
For example, on the Huawei router that serves Vodafone and other connections, just enter the router, choose advanced configuration. Then go to the WLAN option and choose 2.4GHz Network (advanced).
Then, as shown in the image below, we can change the channel. We must choose the one that the app showed as being less busy.
If you are very close to the router, it might be a good idea to choose to use a 5GHz network. So the principle is the same. Just choose 5GHz network and then the channel. Don’t forget that if you’re further away, it’s preferable to use a 2.4GHz connection.
Automatically restart the router
Most newer routers don’t need to be reset regularly. But, as most people know, sometimes it can be important to restore our connection and get better speed. However, in this field, those who have some more advanced equipment or firmware like DD-WRT have an advantage. Can schedule restarts for certain times. For example, you can program the router to restart when you are sleeping, for example, at four or five in the morning.
However, if you find yourself regularly rebooting the router, the DD-WRT and Tomato firmware options have timed reboot options.
